Diana (1824 ship)

Diana was a merchant ship built at Whitby, England, in 1824. She made a number of voyages between England, India and Quebec with cargo and undertook one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. She was last listed in 1856.

For other ships with the same name, see Diana (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Diana
Owner:	1824:Robt. and John Braithwaite and J. Frankland[1]
Builder:	T.Broderick, Whitby[1]
Launched:	1824
Fate:	Last listed 1856
General characteristics
Tons burthen:	320,[1] or 321 (bm)
Propulsion:	Sail

Career

Diana first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1824 with Braithwaite as owner and master, and trade London–Malta.[2]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1825	Braithwaite	Braithwaite	London–Malta	LR
1830	Braithwaite	Braithwaite	Liverpool–Quebec	LR'

Under the command of George Braithwaite and surgeon James Ellis, she sailed from Woolwich, England on 11 December 1832, stopped at Cape Colony and arrived at Sydney on 26 May 1833.{{sfnp|Bateson|1959|pp=300–301} She embarked 100 female convicts and had no deaths en route.[3] While at the Cape she picked up the convict Mina Magerman for transportation. A number of women and children passengers accompanied the voyage.[4]

Diana departed Port Jackson on 3 August 1833, bound forBatavia in ballast but with passengers.[5]

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1834	Braithwaite Traill	Braithwaite	London–Quebec	LR; small repairs 1833
1840	Lane	Braithwaite	London–Mauritius	LR; small repair 1835 & 1837, & thorough repair 1837
1845	J.Raw	Braithwaite	Whitby–Naples Whitby–Malta	LR; thorough repair 1837, & small repairs 1844 & 1846

Diana changed her registry to Hull in 1851.

Year	Master	Owner	Trade	Source & notes
1851	J.Toogood	Brown & Co.	Hull–Quebec	LR; small repairs 1846, 1847, and 1851
1856	Storer	F.Story	Hartpool–America	LR; homeport Hartlepool; small repairs 1851 and 1852, and damages repaired 1855

Citations and references

Citations

1. Weatherill (1908), p. 139.
2. LR (1824), Supple.pages "D", Seq.№D52.
3. Bateson (1959), p. 333.
4. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor. 29 May 1833. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
5. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 6 August 1833. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

References

• Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
• Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.